corporate leaders

Boardroom decision makers

Corporate leaders are executives who hold top positions in large businesses—CEOs, presidents, board members, and other senior officers who set strategy and direction.

The term appears frequently in business journalism and policy discussions: Corporate leaders met with the president to discuss tax reform.

It carries a slightly formal, sometimes euphemistic quality, grouping powerful individuals into a collective that can be praised or blamed for economic conditions.

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tycoons · moguls · power · corner office · shareholders · decisions · shareholder value · strategy · mergers · quarterly · bonus · handshake · executive retreat · private jet · ambitious · ruthless · visionary · profits

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organizational hierarchy

corporate leadershourly workers

Staff compensated per time unit

subordinates · blue-collar workers · grunts · interns · temps

economic sector

corporate leadersgovernment officials

State-employed administrators

public servants · civil servants · bureaucrats · community organizers · elected officials

organizational scale and formality

corporate leaderssole proprietors

Unincorporated individual business owners

freelancers · artisans

Family

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G